Vending machine



Dec. 11, 1923. f 1,477,134 Y W. H. LARAWAY VENDING MACHINE Filed DSC. 14 1921 w fr" 31440@ ntoz Patented Dec. l1, 1923.

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VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed December' 14, 1921. Serial No. 522,437. l

To @ZZ 'LU/10m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, `WILLIAM H. Lamb WAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county o-f Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Vending Machines, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to improvements in vending machines, and its objects are: rst, to provide a means whereby the operation of the machine will be absolutely positive and will insure proper delivery of goods; second, to provide a means whereby the working of the machine is absolutely under the control of the operator, and, third, to provide a means whereby the movements of the actuating levers and other like mechay nism may be regulated to a nicety.

I attain these objects by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the lower part of the machine on the line %4 of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a like view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a perspective of the actuating lever. Fig. 7 is a like view of the slide that discharges the goods being sold. Fig. 8 is a plan of the adjusting bar, and Fig. 9 is a plan of the stationary chute.

Similar referencecharacters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

My invention consists in an enclosing case 1 having a glass frame 2 and glass 3 in the front of the upper part of the machine, with a haelt 5 and partition bars 4, arranged to form chutes for the packing and free movement of perfume bottles 22, for the sale vof which this particular machine is designed.

In operation the perfume bottles are placed in the receiving chute andare supported upon a foundation b, within the opening a. iu the slide 7. This slide is provided with an arm 8 that extends backwardly in position to press against the surface of the actuating lever 16, and is held in place by means of a spring, as 11, which holds the slide, temporarily, in normal position to receive the bottles in the opening a. In front of the slides I place a cover 9 and a oor 10 in position to form a discharge chute`11 for the discharge of the bottles.

The floor 10 has slot openings f through it for the passage of coin into the coin chute 17, which is provided with a slot g for the free passage of the coin my into the upper endof the slot (l in the actuating lever 16. This lever is pivotally mounted upon the case, as at e, so when a coin hasbeen carried into the slot d immediately back of the operating bar 18, which is mounted upon a shaft 15, and the free edge of this bar is forced downwardly with the lever 14 the coin will be made to roll downwardly and will force the lower end of the lever 16 backwardly, thus forcing the upper end of this lever forwardly against the end of the arm 8, thus forcing the slide 7 forwardly suliiciently to allow the bottles to drop out of the opening a and off of the supportv b onto the door 10 within reach of the operator. The actuating bar. 18 is returned into normal position by means of a spring, as 19, and the throw of thelever 16 is adjusted by means of the yadjusting bar 20 and the adjusting screws 21 acting upon the bearing fn, on the lower end of the lever 16. The function of the adjustable screw 21, is to adjust the distance of the lever 16 relative to the bar 18 tol correspond with'the diameter of different coins, as nickels, dimes, cent pieces, etc.

To secure the front of the machineinto the case the front piece 12` is hinged` to the bottom of the case, as at 13,-with the roof 9 and the floor 10 firmly secured thereto and bearing against the lower end of standards vor partitions 4, when the upper front 2 is put into place and locked to the roof 9 by means of a lock at oin Fig. 1.

When desiring to purchase' a bottle of perfume from the machine the operator drops a coin through the vslot f, and the coin rolls into the position indicated at m in Fig. 4, when the lever 14 is forced over inthe direction indicated bythe arrow in Fig. '1, when the lever 16 is actuated to force t-he slide 7 far enough forward to allow a l bottle to drop olf of the support a onto the floor 10 into position where it can be readily taken by the operator, when the lever is released and the bar 18 is l returned to normal position by the spring 19, as hereinbefore stated.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new in the art, is:

1. In combination with a oase having chutes therein for storing bottles in vertical tiers, a slide under each chute for forcing the lower bottles from the chutes out of the 15 ed arm on each slide so contacting the arm on the lever that the forward movement of the arm will :torce the slides forwardly and discharge a bottle therefrom, an actuating spring for carrying each slide back into` no1'- mal position. i

2. In Combination with the actuating bar back into normal po-i sition, and an adjusting bar and screws for adjusting the movements of the actuating levers.

Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan7 December 6, 1921.

WILLIAM H. LARAVVAY.

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